To Better Understand How Epicenter's (Which House Education, Health and Finance Centers in Ghana) Increase Individual's Sense of Empowerment.Early Phase 1NCT00532753
Evaluating the Hunger Project in Ghana
A Early Phase 1 study testing Community Empowerment in people with To Better Understand How Epicenter's (Which House Education, Health and Finance Centers in Ghana) Increase Individual's Sense of Empowerment., run by University of California, Berkeley at 1 site in Ghana.
Trial summary
The Hunger Project/Epicenter strategy is a community based development strategy that will positively affect health, education, empowerment, and consumption. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any age
- Conditions the study is for
- To Better Understand How Epicenter's (Which House Education, Health and Finance Centers in Ghana) Increase Individual's Sense of Empowerment.
- What is being tested?
- Community Empowerment
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- How many people
- 20,000 participants
- Where
- 1 siteGhana
- Study dates
- Aug 2007to May 2016
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- The subject population will be individuals and households from communities in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Who cannot join
- Only exclusion criteria is that households outside of the Eastern region of Ghana will not be surveyed
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Ghana1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Ghana Hunger Project
Several, Eastern Region
Melissa Hidrobo, PhD Student Economics, (510) 643-5417, mhidrobo@are.berkeley.edu
David Levine, PhD Econ
About this study
Official title: Evaluating the Hunger Project's Scaling-up of Epicenter Strategy in Ghana
The Hunger Project/Epicenter strategy is a community based development strategy that will positively affect health, education, empowerment, and consumption.
Read the detailed description
The investigators propose a randomized controlled design that will measure how The Hunger Projects' intervention affects the lives of Ghanaians. A pre-intervention baseline survey of approximately 4,000 households with over 20,000 individuals and two follow-up surveys of the same households will be conducted over the ten year experimental period.
- Being tested
- Community Empowerment
- Keywords
- empowerment, health, education
- Medical subject headings
- Empowerment
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Community EmpowermentBehavioural
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Increased sense of empowerment
Secondary outcomes (1)
Increased health, education, and consumption outcomes and increase in the number of public goods
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 Sep 2007 (estimated)
- Study startAug 2007
- Primary completionAug 2010
- Study completionMay 2016 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for To Better Understand How Epicenter's (Which House Education, Health and Finance Centers in Ghana) Increase Individual's Sense of Empowerment.Studies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 20,000 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- The Robertson Foundation
- Investigators
- David Levine, PhD Econ, Principal investigator, University of California at Berkeley
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00532753
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- CPHS Protocol #2007-4-42
- Status last verified
- Jul 2008
- First submitted
- 18 Sep 2007
- Last updated
- 4 Aug 2008
- Results posted
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Aug 2008. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluating the Hunger Project's Scaling-up of Epicenter Strategy in Ghana
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00532753
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- CPHS Protocol #2007-4-42
- Keywords
- empowerment, health, education
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 20,000 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, BerkeleyUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- The Robertson Foundation
- Study start
- Aug 2007
- Primary completion
- Aug 2010
- Study completion
- May 2016 (estimated)
- First posted
- 20 Sep 2007 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The Hunger Project/Epicenter strategy is a community based development strategy that will positively affect health, education, empowerment, and consumption.
Detailed description
The investigators propose a randomized controlled design that will measure how The Hunger Projects' intervention affects the lives of Ghanaians. A pre-intervention baseline survey of approximately 4,000 households with over 20,000 individuals and two follow-up surveys of the same households will be conducted over the ten year experimental period.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The subject population will be individuals and households from communities in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Only exclusion criteria is that households outside of the Eastern region of Ghana will not be surveyed
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Community Empowerment | Behavioural | – |
Primary outcome
Increased sense of empowerment
1 secondary outcome
Increased health, education, and consumption outcomes and increase in the number of public goods
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Aug 2008.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
David Levine, PhD Econ principal investigator
University of California at Berkeley
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Early Phase 1 study testing Community Empowerment in people with To Better Understand How Epicenter's (Which House Education, Health and Finance Centers in Ghana) Increase Individual's Sense of Empowerment., run by University of California, Berkeley at 1 site in Ghana.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Aug 2008. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Ghana. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Increased sense of empowerment. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Aug 2008.